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Hirotho
How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you look at it, study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck --don't blow your cool.
Shivel
It doesn't have the letter "E" in it at all, which is unusual because the letter E is a very common letter to be found in writing.

Even if this isn't the answer, it is still unusual. tongue.gif
V for Vanity
Jayman got it right sad.gif Nice googling skills though
joc
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How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you look at it, study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck --don't blow your cool.


Actually there is something wrong with the paragraph! While a missing vowel may be a bit off the usual there is something blatantly and matter of factly wrong with the paragraph....


.....anyone else pick up on the glaring mistake? I noticed it instantly.......
V for Vanity
You're being literal.
Shivel
QUOTE(MissPirate @ Jun 19 2005, 03:22 PM)
Jayman got it right  sad.gif  Nice googling skills though
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I do not appreciate that at all, just because I noticed a vowel isn't used doesn't mean I looked up the answer.

And Joc, I still am not sure what you noticed, but I'll try to keep looking.
riotboy555
I didn't notice that. I was looking for words that were doubled, like when something reads : Who let the the dogs out.
V for Vanity
Sorry if that offended you, I was just kidding.
joc
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You're being literal.


Yes, I am being literal....there is something wrong with the paragraph. It is so obvious.
If you think I'm mistaken or you are tired of looking at it I will tell you. original.gif
sheila12
huh dontgetit.gif
joc
Give up?
Mr. Fahrenheit
Yes tell me now. Wait.. is it that a sentence begins with "but"?
_Nyx_
no "e" anywhere, no indent.....I'm still looking....
Melladior
I've seen this before. I thought it was just the E. Is there really something else wrong? I'll feel like a moron if there's something grammatically wrong with it; I'm a writer blush.gif
Walken
Is there something wrong besides the 'E'?
joc
LilaBurrows got it!

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no indent


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_Nyx_
Yay! You have no idea how long I stared at that paragraph......I even dreamed about it.... wacko.gif
747400
Sorry, i'm lost?
343 Guilty Spark
Is that what the answer was no indent? I noticed that but I thought it would be something like grammer or layout.
747400
Is that what it was? How many people do bother with all that when typing something in on a computer, though?

Nice to see grammatical and typographical standrds being upheld!
Hirotho
Lol. The answer was there's no E all along!
747400
Aren't you glad that so many people picked up on grammatical and/or typographical errors you never knew you put in?! tongue.gif
Hirotho
Actually I didn't write it tongue.gif I got it off a website and thought, "Omg, this is so hard", and so randomly posted it on the forum to see what other people thought about it.
747400
And what you found was that everyone was a pedant of the first order!
Hirotho
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And what you found was that everyone was a pedant of the first order!


A pedant of the first order...right tongue.gif what's that?
Shivel
QUOTE(Galor @ Jun 20 2005, 03:12 PM)
Lol. The answer was there's no E all along!
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It was?? Haha! laugh.gif
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